Season 3 of House of the Dragon ended with a bang, not a whimper, but the season finale wasn’t just dragonfire and bloody battles. Its first scene proved that this is Rhaenyra at her most desperate, and with that in mind, she goes to extreme lengths to prove that she’s the rightful ruler to anyone who will listen, from the High Septon to the people of King’s Landing, to her own son, Joffrey.
In one of these pleas, she brings up a name: The Prince Who Was Promised. For fans of Game of Thrones, this is a very familiar term, but what does it mean when Rhaenyra says it? The answer, like most things in Westeros, is more complicated than it seems.
